What are your Top Three Trails... and Why??

[Jim]

What are your top three trails, and why?

#1 Red Cone (with Radical Hill as the exit trail): GRAND, above timberline, high scenery value trail!!!
#2 thinking...
#3 LHC: Good variety of terrain & scenery, while being close-ish to home.

[javaman34]

1) Hahn's Peak: Just because I haven't made it to the watchtower yet.
2) Rollins Pass East: Because of this field of wildflowers near the top
3) Bill Moore: I like to drive in the trees

[Chris]

1. Black Bear Pass
2. Engineer Pass
3. Hancock Pass

Why? I like high passes...

[xaza]

It is hard to narrow it down to 3. Chinaman Gulch is currently my favorite for pushing my truck. Have yet to get back up there since getting rock sliders and 2" additional lift. Central City network is sentimental to me because that is where we got our start wheeling (you don't even want to know what we were driving then). Helps that I can pull out my board and have some extra fun in the snow. McClellan Mountain and Argentine Pass are my favorites for scenery.

[Rick]

I love Wheeler for everything ,then Chinaman and I did enjoy Lefthand

[RidgeRunner]

1. Wheeler Lake - All around fun trail and just the right length, doesn't just bounce you around all day.
2. Chinamans - A little something for everyone, can be as hard as you want it to be.
3. Red Cone - Great views

[zukrider]

Absolute #1 is Holy Cross. Epic Colorado scenery, high and mid level elevations. water, dirt, rocks, trees. doable in slight modded vehicles.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj104/josephfrank/camping%20wheeling%20holy%20cross%20aug%2020%20201 1/045.jpg

#2 Wheeler Lake. very diverse mix of technical obstacles. Excellent scenery. Relatively close to home.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj104/josephfrank/Wheeler%20Lake-Magnolia%20mill%20%205-28/IMG_4658_zps8626e844.jpg

#3 Currently Halfmoon Creek. stock high clearance is all you need. lots of water crossings, great scenery in and out of the trees. fun elevation gain. great camping. and THEE best rig in front of a mill trail pic you'll ever take!
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj104/josephfrank/Halfmoon%20Creek%20Aug%204%202013/IMG_1755_zps60eb55c0.jpg

To be honest, 2 and 3 will likely swap at some point.

Rounding out the top 5 will be

Chinaman
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj104/josephfrank/camping%20wheeling%20holy%20cross%20aug%2020%20201 1/liberty3-26-11021_zps8685719e.jpg

and Barbour Forks.

[Jackie]

I think the most fun and amazing trail for me was Fins n Things in Moab. But locally I like the trails up by Estes: Johnny, Pierson and Pole Hil just because they are close, you can do them all in a day or just pick one or two and call it a day. Scenery is nice and no extreme obstacles (at least before the flood). I hope they fared well...

[The StRanger]

Fav so far is Chinamans, 2nd Has to be China wall.
3rd is a private prop trail in Utah called Tearjerker !!
Cant be ran in a truck or Jeep, You dont have an ATV, you dont run it !!

[cfr]

Colorado:



Pole Hill Road - A little of everything and close
Button Rock spur (by Johnny Park Road) - Quick fix
Hancock Pass - awesome scenery


Moab:



Tusher Tunnel - Fun through the sand and portal to another world after you walk through the tunnel
Fins-n-Things - Soft spot for my trail run in Moab
Tie: Sevenmile Rim - Little of everything; Top of the World - Awesome view at the top

[Brad]

Right now:
1. Mosquito pass
2. Hancock pass
3. MSV/Coney flats

1) Cool mines to explore, amazing scenery.
2) great history attached to the railway at the end, nonstop scenery.
3) rocks, deep water crossing, forest adventure!

[Brucker]

#1) Holy Cross- favorite Colorado trail. Combines the beautiful Colorado high country with a little bit of challenging 4 wheeling.

#2) Pritchett Canyon- favorite Moab trail. Shows off a lot of what Moab has to offer while still providing some difficult terrain. Also incorporates the slick rock with some loose rocks and sand, and you can not forget about the desert whoops sections on the back way out.

#3) Outer Limits/Backdoor- (Well all of JV actually) favorite of the Johnson Valley area. First trails I ever did in Cali. at the 25th anniversary Bronco event years ago. And also had the honor of running during the first KOH run.

[flashboiler]

1 Holy Cross
2 Muddy Creek in Wyoming in late March. (driving on 5' of snow all day is surreal)
3 Walden Dunes and trails behind it.

[JFjeld]

Colorado:
1. Holy Cross - Scenery, rock obstacles
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z373/JFjeld/Colorado/Holy_Cross/Rock_1_zps67a5cdf8.jpeg (http://s1186.photobucket.com/user/JFjeld/media/Colorado/Holy_Cross/Rock_1_zps67a5cdf8.jpeg.html)
2. Spring Creek - Scenery, rock obstacles, close proximity
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z373/JFjeld/Colorado/Spring_Creek/1074070_572692286106339_408317368_o_zps6c1400a2.jp g (http://s1186.photobucket.com/user/JFjeld/media/Colorado/Spring_Creek/1074070_572692286106339_408317368_o_zps6c1400a2.jp g.html)
3. Red Cone - Dramatic views, sheer drops
http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z373/JFjeld/Colorado/2012-11-03_13-42-22_738.jpg (http://s1186.photobucket.com/user/JFjeld/media/Colorado/2012-11-03_13-42-22_738.jpg.html)


Moab:
1. CliffHanger - rock ledges; it's Moab.
2. Hell's Revenge - great obstacles; it's Moab.
3. Golden Spike - great obstacles, particularly Skyline Drive and the washtubs; it's Moab.

[alexb]

Button Rock spur (by Johnny Park Road) - Quick fix

What's the Button Rock Spur? Have any pictures or a trail report?

[Java]

Cool thread, Jim!! :thumb:

Colorado-
Tincup Pass- one of the first trails I did in CO. Ghost towns, incredible scenery, Mt. Princeton Hot Springs are fun.
Walden Sand Dunes- unique. Like nothing else I've ever wheeled. Big fun to wheel at high speed, can't wait to go again this summer.
Yankee Hill area- easy, close and so much fun. There are so many great trails in such a (relatively) small area from Apex to Cumberland, plus the cemeteries and Nevadaville.

Moab-
Long Canyon- my first Moab trail. Heading downhill you see some of the best scenery in the area. I hear it's been graded... :(
Elephant Hill- just awesome, unbelievable scenery. hoping to make my 3rd trip there this year to camp DK and hike to Druid Arch. Hiking there is even better than 4x4, IMO.
Fins n Things- Definitive Moab! It's all in your head.

[ColoJeeper]

In Colorado:
Holy Cross
Wheeler Lake
Cresent/Mackinaw Lake

Moab:
Hells Revenge
Poison Spider/Golden Spike
Pritchet Canyon

[BLOODBANE]

1. Holy Cross. Just a wicked cool trail, with tons of scenery.
2. Schofeild Pass/Devil's Punchbowl. Another cool trail with tons of scenery.
3. Independence (Ive only been down in it once in my Ranger, getting the buggy built for it) or Carnage in Bueanie (Never ran it, but getting the buggy built to run it)

[SCRubicon]

#1 Metal Masher - the view at the overlook
#2 Iron Chest - the mine site
#3 Kingston Peak - amazing scenery

[Squshiee1]

#1, Red Cone. I love the views, it is slightly challenging, Webster pass back is ummm Skinny.
#2, M.S.V and coney, i mainly love the water crossings.
#3, Slaughterhouse, Its really close to me, somewhat challenging, its a good shakedown trail.

[Funrover]

Man this is a tough one. #2 and #3 may change

#1 China Wall - This is where wheeling started for me, this is where I proposed to my wonderful wife and this is where I can take stock rigs and have a lot of fun showing folks what their rig can do.

#2 Chinamens Gulch - I love all of the obstacles, the constant change/challenge. I also love that there is abundant camping in BV and more to do than just wheel. A great area to make a weekend of it.

#3 Red Cone - Close to home, Wonderful scenery. Love driving through the forest and then above.

[Tom]

Pearl Pass-First major trail I ever drove, gorgeous scenery.
Argentine Pass-close to home, gorgeous scenery
Engineers pass-gorgeous scenery, rode it with my parents as a teenager

[foxtrot]

1. chinaman gultch
2. metberry gultch
3. holy cross

why? 1, and 3 because they are pretty challenging. 2, because its a great family trail

[88Toy]

1. Blanca Peak
2. Iron Chest
3. Holy Cross

All difficult trails but rewarding in big ways with excellent hiking on top in old mining territories.

[cfr]

What's the Button Rock Spur? Have any pictures or a trail report?

You'll see pics of this in reports from Johnny Park Road. You enter here,

https://goo.gl/maps/zeuVI

and it ends at the campground.

On the Canyon Lakes MVUM,